Focus & Team Milram: Robert Förster Top Ten in Bialystok.
Bialystok : 03/08/2009
In the second stage of the Tour of Poland (August 2-8/UCI Category ProTour), MILRAM’s sprinter Robert Förster sprinted to seventh place. The stage was marked by MILRAM’s Dominik Roels, who after a long escape was caught with only two km to go. The stage win after 219 km between Serock and Bialystok went to Italian Angelo Furlan of Team Lampre, who beat Jurgen Roelandts (Silence-Lotto) and Juan Jose Haedo (Saxo Bank) in the mass sprint.
“We were active all day and helped shape the stage,”
said Vittorio Algeri, Team MILRAM’s Directeur Sportif.
“Dominik Roels caught the right group at the right time and almost pulled off a surprise. Too bad that he wasn’t rewarded for his hard work. Robert Förster then tried it all in the sprint. We can be satisfied with results of today’s stage.”
Dominik Roels played an important role in this second stage. The MILRAM youngster belonged to a four-rider break group, which got away early and built up a lead of seven and a half minutes. When it looked like the quartet would pull off a surprise and take the win among themselves, the sprinters’ teams picked up their speed. Two km before the finish, Dominik Roels was finally caught. He had fought hard, along with Pole Bartlomiej Matysiak, to try to stay away to the end.
Result:
1 Angelo Furlan (ITA) Lampre 4:57:25
2 Jurgen Roelandts (BEL) Silence-Lotto
3 Juan José Haedo (ARG) Saxo Bank
4 Alexandre Usov (BLR) Cofidis
5 Graeme Brown (AUS) Rabobank
6 André Greipel (GER) Columbia-HTC
7 Robert Förster (GER) Team MILRAM
8 Sebastien Turgot (FRA) Bbox Bouygues Telecom
9 Herve Duclos Lassalle (FRA) Cofidis
10 Aitor Gaidos Alonso (ESP) Euskaltel
…
59 Dominik Roels (GER) Team MILRAM
76 Martin Müller (GER) Team MILRAM
114 Björn Schröder (GER) Team MILRAM
126 Christian Kux (GER) Team MILRAM
129 Ronny Scholz (GER) Team MILRAM
130 Thomas Fothen (GER) Team MILRAM
138 Matthias Russ (GER) Team MILRAM
The MILRAM line-up:
Robert Förster (GER/ Markkleeberg), Thomas Fothen (GER/Neuss), Christian Kux (GER/Chemnitz), Martin Müller (GER/Berlin), Dominik Roels (GER/Köln), Matthias Russ (GER/Bad Cannstatt), Ronny Scholz (GER/Forst), Björn Schröder (GER/Berlin)
Directeur Sportif:
Vittorio Algeri (ITA)
The stages 2009:
02.08. Stage 1: Warschau (108 km)
03.08. Stage 2: Serock – Bialystok (219,1 km)
04.08. Stage 3: Bielsk Podlaski – Lublin (225,1 km)
05.08. Stage 4: Naleczów / Wojciechow – Rzeszów (239,7 km)
06.08. Stage 5: Strzyzów – Krynika-Zdrój (163 km)
07.08. Stage 6: Kroscienko nad Dunajcem – Zakopane (162,2 km)
08.08. Stage 7: Rabka Zdrój – Krakau (136,5 km)
Total distance: 1.253,6 km